Seattle-based Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center took its IT systems down following a Thanksgiving-week cyberattack, the Seattle Times reported Dec. 1.
Category: cybersecurity
Why hackers attacked a health system on Thanksgiving
It likely wasn’t by happenstance that cybercriminals attacked a major U.S. health system the week of Thanksgiving, IT security chiefs told Becker’s.
Intruder steals medical records from Florida health system
Summerfield, Fla.-based Lakeview Healthcare System discovered that an unauthorized individual forcefully entered its Leesburg, Fla.-based Lakeview Specialist Facility and stole medical records containing protected health information.
Hacker behind $100M in hospital losses pleads guilty
A Russian national pleaded guilty to his involvement in a ransomware plot that attacked U.S. hospitals, causing millions of dollars in losses.
Thanksgiving ransomware attack impacted 30 hospitals
The Nov. 23 ransomware attack on Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services has impacted 30 hospitals across six states, WKRN reported Nov. 29.
Another health system hit by MOVEit breach
Patient information may have been compromised at Premier Health as the communications software company the organization uses was hit by the massive MOVEit breach that affected companies around the U.S., Dayton Daily News reported Nov. 28.
Former staff, patient sue Iowa health system over March breach
A former University of Iowa Community HomeCare staff member and a former patient filed a proposed class-action lawsuit against UI Community HomeCare and UI Community Medical Services, part of UI Health Care, alleging the organization was negligent duri…
CISA warned Ardent of cyber threat day before ransomware discovery
On Nov. 22, officials from the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency alerted Ardent Health Services about malicious cyber activity impacting its computer systems the day before the organization identified a ransomware attack on its facilitie…
Kansas hospital ramps up staffing in wake of Ardent ransomware attack
In response to the ransomware attack on Nashville, Tenn.-based Ardent Health Services and its affiliates, Stormont Vail Health took action by augmenting staffing levels at its hospital, emergency department and Express Care clinics, the Topeka Capital-…
California hospital IT network breached
Mission Community Hospital in Los Angeles is notifying patients that an unauthorized party gained access to its IT network in May, compromising patient information.
